And we wonder why government is in the mess that it is ...

Councilman Stuart Benson (R-20) gave his testimony to a Metro Council committee on Feb. 17, 2010 about resolution R-22-01-10 that seeks to support HB 221.

His statement contained (shall we say) Factually INACCURATE items.

First, here's the part of his statement that has these errors:

"... One of my problems in my district is the industrial park, and right now we don't have a place to send waste, and so, that hinders the chance to have jobs. ..." - Councilman Stuart Benson, Feb. 17, 2010

So many errors in such a short statement.
FIRST, the "industrial park" that he refers to is the LARGEST industrial park in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
SECOND, Benson's statement " ... right now we don't have a place to send waste ..." is 100% WRONG. This industrial park to which he refers, Bluegrass Industrial Park, could have never been built without a place to send waste (which, as it turns out, is the Jeffersontown waste treatment plant). It sits on over 1800 acres and has about 850 businesses.

THIRD, Benson laments that the lack of a place to send waste "... hinders the chance to have jobs...." - Folks, the Bluegrass Industrial Park is the largest industrial park in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and is teeming with about 38,000 jobs. It is a financial goldmine for the companies that are located there and for the City of Jeffersontown. This one industrial park generates so much in various taxes that the entire city of Jeffersontown lives large. Their situation is akin to Alaskans benefitting from their oil and natural gas industry revenues.

Councilman Benson, while a nice guy, has been seriously misinformed by MSD on this issue. Has Councilman Benson, using the words of the late Tennessee Ernie Ford, "sold his soul to the company store."?


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Keywords: HB 221; HB221; Kentucky; Debt; Commission; regional; wastewater; unregulated; Metro Council

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